On Tuesday, the Israeli prosecution agreed to postpone the indictment of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his trial will not take place on January 24, 2021, due to the indictment being protected. Instead, the court will hear arguments regarding the date the criminal proceedings were initiated. "I did not request the cancellation of the hearings," Netanyahu said. "I only requested to postpone the hearing date in accordance with the procedural schedule of the court." The prosecutors' statement did not include details about the new date for Netanyahu's trial, which was originally planned to begin in October 2020.
